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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Weather Fuck This Rain, Let's Be Awesome Today Anyway

Posted by Megan Seling on Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:49 AM

It's so GROSS outside. And it doesn't help that everyone is so bummed about the weather. Everyone walking around is frowny, everyone inside is damp and bummed.

But I refuse to be grumpy about it. I live in the Pacific Northwest. This is what the Pacific Northwest does. I popped a vitamin D this morning (okay, fine, and an anti-depressant), and I'm not going to let this rain get me down.

Rain can be good! It's cleansing. I've said before, listening to "Rain, Rain" by People Eating People always puts a positive spin on a wet day. And there are plenty more songs out there that make the rain sound so good. Just a few more:

RVIVR - "Change on Me" (via rumbletowne.com)

What are your favorite "make the rain okay" tracks? Looking at the weather forecast it seems like we'll need as many as we can get.

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Favorite rain song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYHYAwvdH…

Posted by MayerHawthorneFan on March 14, 2012 at 11:49 AM

Rainy Day, Dream Away - Hendrix
Couldn't stand the weather - SRV
Reign O'er me - The Who
Stormy Monday - various
Feels like Rain - John Hiatt
Box of Rain - G Dead
Who'll stop the rain - CCR
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
Sky is Crying - SRV
Stormy Weather - Billy Holiday
Rain (Beatles) - Gregg Almann version - beautiful, with choir, off Dreams box set

So many more - I actually made a Rain CD just because I needed it badly one winter. Best audio clip? Young Frankenstein. "What a filthy jam!" "Could be worse." "How?" "Could be raining" (sound of crashing downpour)

My advice to you? Drink heavily.

Summer is just around the bend, hang tough you rainy denizens!

Posted by DawginExile on March 14, 2012 at 11:54 AM

Rainy Day Sunshine Girl by Faust

Posted by Nezz on March 14, 2012 at 12:24 PM

"You Look Like Rain" - Morphine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODf2klnTH…) It makes Anthropology majors go down on you.

Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings

on March 14, 2012 at 12:31 PM

ELO - Mr Blue Sky

Posted by Swearengen on March 14, 2012 at 12:35 PM

I'm only happy when it rains - Garbage

Posted by Buffy on March 14, 2012 at 12:39 PM

Shelter from the Storm - Dylan

Also, my dad always used to play "Rhythm of the Rain" by The Cascades on car rides when I was growing up.

Posted by Amanda on March 14, 2012 at 12:48 PM

My Time - Jane's Addiction
http://youtu.be/aANOgn2a5Ss

All That Money Wants - Psychedelic Furs
http://youtu.be/C-qmdB63Xdk <---this version is lovely but you should track down the studio version

Posted by hjermsted on March 14, 2012 at 12:58 PM

Not about the rain but the TVPs always sound better in the rain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyAqhsr4…

Posted by Summerisle

on March 14, 2012 at 2:00 PM

We're All Alone of course.

Posted by MarkyMark on March 14, 2012 at 3:57 PM

Bogachiel Rain Blues - The Moondoggies

Posted by go figueroa on March 14, 2012 at 4:04 PM

She Brings the Rain - Can
I See the Rain - The Marmalade
Butterflies in the Rain - Ray Noble & his Orchestra, Al Bowlly on vocals
Didn't It Rain - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rain - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Just Like the Rain - Richard Hawley

Posted by Keister Button on March 14, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Here Comes the Rain Again -- Pat Benatar

Posted by crone on March 14, 2012 at 5:00 PM

I'm No Stranger to the Rain (from the musical Children of Eden)

Posted by Sarah in Olympia on March 14, 2012 at 8:23 PM

I have a whole iTunes playlist devoted to songs featuring rainy weather. This, because I used to have an outdoor job, and sometimes I needed my rainy day playlist to get me through. A few highlights of my list:

The Beatles - Rain
Blind Melon - No Rain
Counting Crows - Raining in Baltimore
CCR - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
Garbage - Only Happy When it Rains
The Hollies - Bus Stop
Pete Seeger - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (by Bob Dylan)
Jane Siberry - It Can't Rain All the Time
The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

Posted by skjaere on March 15, 2012 at 12:09 AM

Days like this (and it's even worse today than yesterday) are perfect for Scott 3 by Scott Walker, which begins with, appropriately, "It's Raining Today." Or I might even put on Tilt by Scott, if I want something darker.

Posted by Mrs. Fnarf on March 15, 2012 at 10:27 AM